Hat-pin-point protector.



L. BARBALIGZ.

HAT PIN POINT PROTECTOR. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII A1114, 1911.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

LAURANCZ BARBALICZ, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HAT-PIN-POINT PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Application filed March 14, 1911. Serial No. 614,379.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAURANCZ BARBALTCZ, a subject of the King ofHungary, and resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Hat-Pin-Point Protector, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hat pin point protector, and the objects ofmy invention are to provide a guard that can be easily and quicklymounted upon the pointed end of a hat pin to prevent the end of the pinfrom injuring pedestrians or objects that accidentally contact with thepin, and to furnish a hat pin with a guard that is simple inconstruction, durable, inexpensive to manufacture, and highly eflicientfor preventing an accidental displacement of a hat pin relatively to ahat.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will behereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference willnow be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of thehat pin protector, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the same, Fig.3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line XX of Fig. 2 showingthe guard in an open position, Fig. 41 is a similar view on line ZZ ofFig. 2 showing the guard in a closed position, and Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of a detached guard.

A protector in accordance with this invention comprises an outercylindrical casing 1 made of malleable metal and having the lower endthereof reduced or tapered, as at 2. The casing 1 is provided with alongitudinal bore 3 having the lower end thereof reduced at the lowerend of the casing 1 to provide an entry 1. The upper end of the bore hasthe side walls thereof cut away, as at 5 and the side walls of the bore3 intermediate the ends thereof are provided with two oppositelydisposed teats or protuberances 6, the object of which will presentlyappear. The upper edges of the casing 1 are adapted to be bent inwardlyor flanged, as at 7 to loosely engage the neck 8 of a spherical hollowhead 9, the lower end of the neck 8 having an annular enlargement 10adapted to retain the flanged edges 7 of the casing 1 in engagement withthe neck 8. The neck 8' and the enlargement 10 are provided with avertical opening 11 having the walls thereof threaded, the upper end ofthe opening terminating in the hollow head 9 and the lower end thereofin communication with the bore 3.

Screwed into the opening 11 is the upper threaded end 12 of a taperingguard 13, said guard being made of resilient metal. and comprising twoyieldable arms 14. The lower ends of the arms 14 are adapted to normallyengage the lower walls of the bore 3 and provide an entry opening 15that longitudinally alines with a longitudinal opening 16 providedtherefor in the upper threaded end 12 of the guard 13. The arms 1 1 areprovided with diametrically opposed openings 17 adapted to normallyreceive the teats 6 to allow the arms 11 to remain in engagement withthe walls of the bore 3.

The pointed end 18 of a hat pin can be easily inserted in the openings15 and 16 and the protector can be mounted over the pointed end 18 ofthe pin. Assuming that the protector has been placed upon the end of apin, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, it is only necessary to rotate thecasing 1 a quarter of a revolution, which moves the teats 6 out of theopenings 17, causing said teats to engage the outer walls of the arms14c and force said arms inwardly, thereby causing the lower ends of saidarms to frictionally engage the hat pin and retain said pin inengagement with said protector.

The yieldable clamping arms 14 not only retain the pointed end of thehat pin in the protector, but prevent the protector from beingdisplaced, consequently the protector or the hatpin upon which it ismounted cannot become displaced relative to the hat or garment inconnection with which it is used.

What I claim is 1. A hat pin protector comprising a rotatable casinghaving a longitudinal bore, 0ppositely disposed teats carried by thewalls of the bore of said casing, a head movably mounted in the upperend of said casing,

and a guard connected to said head within the bore of said casing andhaving yieldable clamping arms adapted to be engaged by and forcedtoward each other by said teats thereby shifting said arms to clamp theend of the pin.

2. A hat pin protector comprising a head, a casing rotatably supportedby said head, said casing having the bore thereof provided withoppositely disposed teats, a guard In testimony Whereof I a'ffix mysignature mounted in said head and adapted to receive in the presence oftwo Witnesses. the end of a hat pin, and yieldable clamping T armscarried by said guard and extending LAURAL CZ BARBALIOZ' in said casingand provided with openings Witnesses:

adapted to normally receive the teat-s of said P. E. NOWAK,

casing. G. M. KovAoHY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

